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Three Hokkaido Woodpeckers

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While the name suggests an endemic, it is not – it can also be found in Northeastern China, parts of Russia and the Koreas (though I would probably advise against a birding trip to North Korea). The most interesting of the three (at least to me) is the Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

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Fortunately, barbets are fairly common in Yunnan, China, so it was not a particular disappointment. In fact, John MacKinnon (of “Guide to the Birds of China”) in a recent Shanghai presentation called it “not a real woodpecker at all”, and while he is wrong about that, I sort of see his point.